Where to watch
Each link opens a search on that service. Checked 13 October 2026.
Streaming data from JustWatch
Funny Girl
1968
· Movie
· 155 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #333
- IMDb #1355
- Rotten Tomatoes #549
- Metacritic #331
- Letterboxd #628
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #445
+5 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1149
- Metacritic Critics #262
- Metacritic Audience #817
- Kinopoisk #402
- AlloCiné #792
Every rating
74–95
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is IMDb on 74, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95. Critics average 92, everyone else 79.
See the most agreed on films →The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
Details
- Director
- William Wyler
- Writer
- Isobel Lennart
- Based on
- a work by Isobel Lennart
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions
- Released
- 19 September 1968
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $14.1M
- Box office
- $58.7M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 16 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (110) →
Awards & nominations
See all 24 →3 major awards won · 8 wins from 24 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Actress | Barbra Streisand | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1968 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Barbra Streisand | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1968 | Best Written American Musical | Isobel Lennart | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Picture | Ray Stark | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Supporting Actress | Kay Medford | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Cinematography | Harry Stradling | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Film Editing | Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, and William Sands | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Score of a Musical Picture – Original or Adaptation | Walter Scharf | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More like this
Beyond the numbers
All lists →
30 October 2026
Why Meryl Streep is the greatest actress of all time
The case rests on comedy, emotional precision, versatility and sustained achievement, tested against the strongest rival claims.
30 October 2026
Denzel Washington is more than an actor: a global Black cultural icon
How global visibility, artistic freedom and a commanding public presence gave his career a meaning that reaches beyond the films.
29 October 2026
TV shows with the best song choices: five different ways to get it right
The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The O.C., Peaky Blinders and Euphoria: what their songs do beyond making a scene sound good.
9 October 2026
Sitcoms rated highest by Google users: our preserved scores
Twenty-five historical five-star records, with ties and recorded counts retained. An archive of collected responses, not Google's final official chart.
9 October 2026
Highest-rated sitcoms by Metacritic users: scores with the samples attached
Twenty-five stored user scores. Small tallies stay visible, ties stay ties, and the recommendations concern the comedy rather than voter stereotypes.
9 October 2026
Highest-rated sitcoms on Metacritic: the stored critic scores
Twenty-five Metascores from the catalogue, with review counts and a clear distinction between a season, a whole series and an approval percentage.
Just released
See all →
Coming soon
Trailer — Funny Girl
×Full cast — Funny Girl
×
24 awards — Funny Girl
×
Academy Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Barbra Streisand | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Harry Stradling | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, and William Sands | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Ray Stark | Nominee |
| Best Score of a Musical Picture – Original or Adaptation | Walter Scharf | Nominee |
| Best Song – Original for the Picture | " Funny Girl " Music by Jule Styne ; Lyrics by Bob Merrill | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Columbia Studio Sound Department | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kay Medford | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Barbra Streisand | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | William Wyler | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Original Song – Motion Picture | "Funny Girl" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Written American Musical | Isobel Lennart | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | William Wyler | Nominee |
Laurel Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Top Female Comedy Performance | Barbra Streisand | Winner |
| Top Road Show | Winner | |
| Top Female Supporting Performance | Kay Medford | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Barbra Streisand | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Society of Operating Cameramen
1 nomination, 1 won
| Historical Shot | Nelson Tyler | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Barbra Streisand | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Harry Stradling | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, and William Sands | Nominee |